Automobile heater



Jan. 16, 1940. J. v. PAGLIARONI} A 2,187,281

AUTOMOBILE HEATER Filed Jan. 18, 1937 Inventor (75hr? I M pag/l'aranl' Patented Jan. 16,

UNITEDSTATE s PATENTOFFICE AUTOMOBILE same.

. John Pagliaroni, Glawson, Mich.) assigno r of one-third to Mildred A. Hund, Grosse .Pointe Park, Mich" andone-third tofloward R. Roberts, Westchester, Illi Application January 18, 1937, Serial No. 121,062

4 Claims. 01. 2040.5) I

wThe present invention relatesto heaters for automobiles and has as a primary object to provide a heater whichmay be operated to supply 1 heated air'to the passenger. compartment of a vehicle and also to. direct a stream of heatedair air is stopped. off completely, and in the third position the heated air is directed to the pas- .sengercompartment of the automobile. With the above and other ends in view the ini 20 vention is more fully disclosed with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which; Figure 1 is a fragmental perspective of an automobile, illustrating the location of the outlet devices; i

25 Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are vertical sections illustrating different operative stages; Fig. 5is a section of a heater, and Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6--6 of Fig.2. V i H i a i D Like characters of reference are employed throughoutto designate corresponding parts.

The numeral I designates the cowl of an auto- 3 mobile. In the cowl, adjacent each of the two Windshield sections 2 and 3, is provided an open- 5 ing 4, and secured to theinner surface of the cowl beneath each opening is a housing 5. Pivoted at 6 ineach housing 5 is a funnel-like outlet memher I. The housing 5 has a curved wall 8, the center of curvature of which coincides with the i 401 pivotal support 6 of the receptive outlet member. The outlet end, or in other words, the swinging end ofthe outlet member 1 slides against the curved wall 8 so that when the outlet member is placed in the position shown in Fig. 2 the wall 8 45 closes the outlet end. thereof and prevents the passage of air therethrough. The two outlet, members 8 thus providedeach have an operating 1 handle 9 by means of which, it may be movedmanually to any of the three positions shown in.

,50. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

. An air heater:is shownin Fig. 5 whereinthe numeral l designates a casing mounted upon the exhaust pipe II; ,In the casing [flare a plurality; of bafiies 12 which force air entering the inlet 55 53 to follow a circuitous path before it passesout shield, in the second position the flow of heated such changes are contemplated.

the outlet, pipe it. :As shown, the air inlet 13 has-an enlarged, funnel-like mouth l for collecting air iromthe air stream created by the cooling 'ffanof the engine ofthe automobile.

Air entering the casing is heated by contact "6 with theexhaust pipell and the baiiies l2 and is delivered through the outlet pipe M to a manifold i6 supported byavertical wall 11 adjacent.

the housings 5. A flexible conduit I8 is connected to each end of the manifold I6 and the Q two conduits extend to adjacent outlet members 1.

,The two outletimembers I may be moved indi-' vidually to three alternative positions. For example; they may be moved to the position shown in Fig. 2awhereinthe outlet end is closed by the 15 wall 8 and wherein the flow of heated air is prevented. They may also be moved to the position shown in Fig.-3wherein' the heated air delivered to the outletmembers from the manifold is discharged against thewin dshield sections or 4,

as the case may be, or they may be moved tothe position shown in Fig.1 where the outlet end of i the outlet members register with conduits l9 in the curved walls 8 respectively. The conduits 19 i deliver the heated air to the passenger compart- 26 ment of the automobile.-

It is apparent thatthe two outlet members are individually operable, with the result that either onemay be set to a position delivering heated air i against a windshield section while the other is inoperative or in a position delivering heated air to the interior of the automobile. Although'a specific embodiment of the invention" has been illustrated and described it will be understood that various changes may be made within the scopeof the appended claims without departing from thespirit :of the invention, and

What I claim is: r

1. A heated air distributor for an automobile having a windshield. a cowl with an opening therein adjacent thewindshield and a passenger compartment, said distributor comprising a housing adapted to be mounted onsaid cowlibeneath the opening therein, an outlet member pivotally mounted in said housing, said outlet member being adapted to receive heated air, said housing. having a wall adapted to close the outlet end of said outlet member and an outlet leading to said passenger compartment, and means for moving saidbutlet member to selective positions wherein said wall closes the outlet end thereof, wherein the outlet end thereof registers with said housing outlet. and wherein the outlet end projects 58 through said cowl opening to direct heated air against said windshield;

2. In a motor vehicle having a Windshield and having a cowl and a passenger compartment, an opening to outside atmosphere in the cowl adjacent the Windshield, a housing within the' cowl beneath said opening, a hollow air'deflector memher in said housing and having a wall thereof to position in and close said opening; said deflector member having a passage therethrough for air and having an outlet closable'by a wall of said housing, an outlet for said housing forfiow of air into the passenger compartment and registerable with said deflector member outlet, said deflector member being movable to a position todeflect air against the outer surface of the windshield said housing, an outlet for said housing for flow of air into the passenger compartment and registerable with said deflector member outlet, said deflector member being movable to a position to deflect air against the outer surface of the windshield and also being movable to a position to register its outlet with said housing outlet, and conduit means connecting a heated. air source and the passage of said deflector member.

4. In a motor vehicle having a windshield and air-passenger compartment and having a cowl provided with an opening to outside atmosphere adja'ce'rit the windshield, a housing beneath said opening within the cowl and having an opening for passage of air into the passenger compart- Inent, a movable closure member having an intermediate position for closing said first-named opening and having an air passage therethrough provided with a forwardly facing air inlet and a rearward-1y facing air outlet, means connecting said inlet to a source of heated air, said closure member being, arranged for movement out of said housing above the cowl to direct heated air toward the vehicle and being arranged to move downwardly below the cowl to direct heated air into the opening forthepassenger compartment, and means'for moving said closure member.

JOHN V. PAGLIARONI 

